We are currently in an assured shorthold tenancy agreement

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We are currently in an assured shorthold tenancy agreement and have just been given a notice to quit. However, we previously had a verbal agreement in place that we wouldn't be given a notice to quit until one of our parents had died (they live with us,) but our landlord is saying his circumstances have changed and he needs the property back. Is the agreement regarding the term of the contract legally binding? If so, how do we go about enforcing it? Thanks in advance for your reply. Ali Shaw.

We have been living in the property for 4 years. The initial 12 months were a fixed term agreement, and when that ended the landlord said he didn't want to do another contract as he didn't want to pay the fees. We agreed to go without a written contract on the condition that our tenancy would be safe until one of our parents died. The only paperwork we have is the initial 12 month contract.

It doesn't matter whether you have a formaltenancy agreement in respect of your current occupation or not. This has nowbecome what is known as a Periodic Tenancy and the landlord is entitled to giveyou two months notice which I am sorry to have to tell you is as much as youare entitled to. It is also as much as your parents would have been entitled tounder the same circumstances.

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